Destination and enterprise management for a tourism future

Abstract

A key element of a successful tourism industry is the ability to recognize and deal with change across a wide range of key factors and the way they interact. Key drivers of global change can be classified as Economic, Social, Political, Technological and Environmental. This paper explores the way in which these key drivers could affect the global tourism industry to the year 2020. An exploration of these trends allows important change agents, on both the supply side and the demand side of tourism, to be highlighted and discussed. In response, innovative strategies can be formulated by destination managers and tourism operators to avoid strategic drift for their organisations and to develop tourism in a sustainable way.

Tourism and Economic Growth in Mediterranean Region: Dynamic Panel Data Approach

“…Empirijske analize temelje se na različitim metodološkim pristupima. Dwyer et al (2009) ističu da se ne smiju miješati ekonomski doprinosi turizma i ekonomski učinci turizma. Dok ekonomski doprinosi turizma mjere veličinu i ukupnu značajnost industrije unutar gospodarstva, ekonomski utjecaji odnose se na promjene u gospodarstvu kao posljedicu specifičnih aktivnosti ili događaja koji predstavljaju "šokove" u turističkom sustavu (Dwyer, Forsyth i Dwyer, 2010).…”

“…These aspects can be studied using standard tools of macroeconomic theory, such as the output and income multiplier, models of exogenous and endogenous growth, and models of regional/national development applied to the tourism case. In particular, the empirical analyses are conducted using different methodological approaches, while Dwyer et al (2009) argue that economic contribution of tourism and economic impact of tourism should not be confused. While economic contribution of tourism measures the size and overall significance of the industry within economy, economic impact refers to the changes in the economic contribution resulting from specific activities or events that comprise 'shocks' to the tourism system (Dwyer, Forsyth and Dwyer, 2010).…”

“…The expenditure by visitors in the inbound country represents new money injection into the economy, resulting in the rise of direct, indirect and induced effects, leading to increases in economic activity at that destination. There is today an extensive literature on estimating economic impact of tourism with different techniques used for the estimation (Dwyer et al, 2009;Kumar and Hussain, 2014). The techniques used originate from application of Keynesian multiplier (Candela and Figini, 2012) and the dominant ones are: input-output (IO) models (Frechtling, 1999;Tyrrell and Johnston, 2001;Dwyer, Forsyth and Blanka Šimundić, Zvonimir Kuliš TURIZAM I GOSPODARSKI RAST U MEDITERANSKIM ZEMLJAMA: DINAMIČKA PANEL ANALIZA Blanka Šimundić, Zvonimir Kuliš TOURISM AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MEDITERRANEAN REGION: DYNAMIC PANEL DATA APPROACH 2013).…”

An Analysis of Factors Affecting Tourism Brands in Rural Settlements of Iran (Case Study: Binaloud County)

“…Accordingly, researchers seek to investigate the role of tourism in socio-economic development of host communities in different levels of settlements. Tourism is of such an importance that it is believed to be a social phenomenon (Hultman & Hall, 2011) and considering its multi-dimensional nature, it does play a significant role in empowering the host community and enhancing the socio-economic changes (Dwyer et al, 2009& Ateljevic, 2007. Rural tourism is one of the developing subsidiaries of tourism which has an increasing number of advocates.…”

Innovation for sustainable urban tourism: some thoughts on best practice

“…Mass coastal tourism such as that found in Spain in the 60s and 70s has given way to a more sophisticated and differentiated set of product markets. Thus we speak today of types of tourism such as ecotourism, urban tourism, and heritage tourism; that grow and decline in popularity due to numerous factors within the external environment (see Dwyer et al, 2009, for a discussion of these factors). One external factor of critical importance that has emerged over the past decade is the recognition of the impact of human activity on the environment through pollution, and the consequent effects such as global warming.…”